Narrative: My Blog

Picture Design by Maria Llanos

My blog is about the combination of Photographs and music. All the pictures are taken in New York City of different location or site seeing, different type of music and having that put together. Each picture will have lyrics of a certain song that explains whats going on in the photograph. Photography became a hobby since i was a child and it all started when i got my own camera. Even though back then it use to actual photographs from film, i use to scan it and edit in “Paint” program because it was the first art program i started to use. Yet it cant be compared to using photo shop but i still enjoyed just adding some decorations, text so it could stand out.

Any where i went, either the park, the city or vacations to Ecuador to see the family, i always made sure i had my camera to take pictures of important moments. Growing up, i still kept photography as my hobby and created collages in my room full of all the photographs i have taken.

I attended Forest Hills High School in Queens and during my senior year i decided to take a graphic design class where it was the first time i used Photoshop. I became fascinated with this program because i did different projects with pictures, some typography and even created my own cereal box. Even though i loved photography and being creative with pictures, i decided to  start a career in Graphic Arts Production in New York City College of Technology. When i printed my projects in High School, it didn’t come out as i expected, I’m guessing because we didn’t have the proper printer so i wanted to learn more about the printing industry and different types of programs that are used for design. Yet photography is still my main interest and always find an inspiration with my music.

There always competition anywhere you go in New York City because it filled of advertising on buses. bus stops, trains. billboard around the city. Time Square is my favorite part of NYC. Its full of lights. excitement, and full of advertising anywhere you go. It adds up to what i enjoy doing and what I’m planning to do for my career.